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Salmon en croute cut in half with a slice showing the perfectly cooked salmon and filling.
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Salmon en Croute

Looking for new dinner ideas using salmon? This Salmon en croute recipe makes an impressive fine dining course for dinner parties.
Half side of salmon topped with a mushroom, cream cheese and spinach filling before being encased in puff pastry and oven-baked to perfection!
We show you how to cook this crowd-pleaser recipe, perfect for a family meal or an alternative Christmas main course.
Prep Time20 minutes
Active Time30 minutes
Total Time50 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: British, French
Keyword: best salmone en croute recipe, fine dining, party recipe, salmon and mushrooms, salmon en croute, salmon en croute cream cheese, salmon en croute spinach, UK Salmon en croute
Yield: 8 people
Calories: 774kcal
Author: Luke and Kay - Flawless Food

Equipment

Ingredients

Spinach filling

  • 70 grams Unsalted Butter
  • 2 Shallots chopped
  • 100 grams Mushrooms we used chanterelle
  • 5 clove Garlic
  • 220 grams Fresh Spinach
  • 1 teaspoon Black Pepper
  • sprinkle Salt
  • 70 grams Breadcrumbs
  • 200 grams Cream Cheese
  • 10 grams Fresh Dill chopped

Salmon and Pastry

  • 700 g Half Salmon Side Fillet skin removed
  • 2 packs Ready Rolled Puff Pastry
  • 1 Egg whisked
Metric - US Customary

Instructions

Cook the spinach filling first and allow to cool

  • In a pan melt the 70 grams Unsalted Butter over medium heat.
    Finely chop the 2 Shallots and 5 clove Garlic. Roughly chop 100 grams Mushrooms if needed.
    Add the mushrooms, shallots and garlic and fry until softened.
    mushrooms shallots and garlics cooking in a frying pan
  • Add 220 grams Fresh Spinach , 1 tsp Black Pepper and a sprinkle Salt.
    Cook until spinach has wilted.
    Spinach added to the mushrooms and onions cooking in a black pan
  • Add the 200 grams Cream Cheese, 70 grams Breadcrumbs and chopped 10 grams Fresh Dill stir together, remove from the heat and place to one side to cool.
    Cream cheese mixed in with the mushrooms, spinach and onions

Salmon en Croute

  • Preheat the oven 180°c Fan /200° C /400° F / Gas mark 6
    Lay parchment paper on a baking tray. Place 1 pack of puff pastry onto the parchment paper.
    Pat down the salmon dry with kitchen paper. Place the 700 g Half Salmon Side Fillet in the centre of the puff pastry sheet,
    Placing a salmon fillet onto a puff pastry sheet by hands
  • Spread the cooled spinach filling on top of the salmon fillet.
    cream cheese filling placed on top of the salmon
  • Place the second sheet of puff pastry over the salmon and spinach and press the pastry down around the edges.
    Tuck the corners to make it look more like a parcel.
    Placing puff pastry top over the salmon and cream cheese filling to make a parcel
  • Cut away any excess pastry and fold the edges of the first sheet of pastry to meet the second.
    Use a fork to seal the two sheets together all around the edges.
    Crimping the edges of the salmon en croute with a silver fork
  • With a sharp knife score the top of the parcel with a criss-cross pattern, try not to cut too deep.
    Scoring the puff pastry parcel with knife
  • Optional, with the leftover pastry, you can make decorations for the parcel, we made little fish.
    Whisk 1 Egg in a ramekin and use a pastry brush to coat all over the pastry with the whisked egg.
    Coating the salmon en croute with egg wash by hand with a black brush
  • Bake in the oven at 180°c Fan /200° C /400° F / Gas mark 6 for 30-35 minutes.
    Serve whilst hot. Enjoy!!
    Salmon en croute with pastry fish decorations on top coated in egg to be placed in the oven

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Nutrition

Calories: 774kcal | Carbohydrates: 47g | Protein: 28g | Fat: 53g | Saturated Fat: 18g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 115mg | Sodium: 415mg | Potassium: 794mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 3297IU | Vitamin C: 10mg | Calcium: 101mg | Iron: 5mg